1939 TIRPITZ. For years the Tirpitz was a lonely queen of the north posing a continuous threat to the North Sea convoys between Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and as a result she tied up substantial naval forces all on her own. The second and last battleship of the Bismarck class was the...
1913 PROVENCE, was almost a relic of a bygone age by the time of the fall of
France in 1940, having already been in service for 25 years, but there were momentous events still to come.
THE BRETAGNE CLASS
The three ships of the class Bretagne and Lorraine were the others were authorised...
1913 BRETAGNE. Leader of a class of three battleships constructed under the 1912
Programme for the French Navy, which entered service during the First World War.
1911 COURBET. The leader of Frances first class of Dreadnought monocalibre battle ships, four of which were completed on the eve of the First World War.
THE CO URBET CLASS
Authorised under the 1910 construction programme, the Courbets were a rather tardy reply to the monocalibre...
1894 CARNOT. One of a group of five very similar battleships constructed for the French Navy throughout the 1 890s, characterised by the extreme tumblehome of their hull form.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Naval architects of this period were forced to pay considerable attention, for the first...
1942 USS NEW JERSEY. After the destruction of the two Yamalos, the Iowa class
were the most powerful capital ships in the world. Home to almost 2000 men, they went through many changes in careers that spanned five decades.
1915 USS ARIZONA. The second of the Pennsylvania class battleships constructed before the United States of America entered the First World War, the first ships of the US Navy to mount twelve l4in (356mm) guns.
The United States Battleship BB-60 USS Alabama(South Dakota class) at Mobile Bay,Alabama U.S.A. Battleship Memorial Park. There are quite a few pieces of armor, artillery,aircraft,and a WWII submarine,the USS Drum SS-228(Gato class).I was there in October 1989 , it is a world class memorial park.
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